Display box



NOV. 12, 1929. J SHEARER 1,735,059

DISPLAY BOX Filed June 13. 1927 I a INVENTOR /41 178701, PmSfLea/U BY 5 A- 7 m ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 12, 1929 UNITED STATES JOHN P. SHEARER, F NEWARK, NEW YORK DISPLAY BOX Application filed June 13,

The present invention relates to display boxes and more particularly to the type in which the display member is hingedly supported at one end of the box so that it may be swung downwardly in order to lie on top of the contents of the box during shipping. An object of this invention is to make it possible to hold this hinged member in display position free from any tendency to swing back into its original or shipping position overlying the top of the contents of the box or to swing backward beyond display posi tion.

To this and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the box showing the display member in display position;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a blank from which the illustrated form of the invention is made; Fig. 3 is a sectional view showing the display member folded over the contents of the box; and

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary sectional view. showing the manner in which one of the sup- 3 ports for the display member interlocks with the overlapping interlocking end flaps to distort the hinge of the display member.

In display boxes of the type mentioned it is common to provide a display member formed in a single blank with the bottom, sides and ends of the box and adapted to swing inwardly to overlie the contents of the receptacle. This display member, however, owing to the construction of the box has heretofore had a tendency to swing from its display position to its position overlying the contents of the box or to swing backwardly beyond dis play position, thus destroying the effective ness of the display.

According to this invention the display member while being adapted to swing over the contents of the box during the shipping is so mounted that a distortion ofthe hinge of the display member takes place so as to give to the display member a normal tendency to 1927. Serial No. 198,389.

stand in display position rather than in the position overlying the contents of the box.

I am aware that numerous constructional forms of the invention are possible and I am illustrating herein only one of such forms. In the illustrated form all parts of the box are made from a single blank comprising, a bottom member 1, side members 2 connected at 3 to the bottom member and having end flaps 4 at opposite ends thereof, one of the sides having its flaps provided with upwardly opening slits 5 attheir upper edges and the otherof said sides having its flaps provided with downwardly opening slits 6 in their lower edges. The flaps at each end of the box overlap and through the slits 5 and 6 interlock. At one end of the box an end Wall 7 may be arranged adapted to lie on the inner faces of the end flaps at said end of the box to strengthen the box end.

At the opposite end of the bottom member is arranged a display card 8. This display card connects with the bottom member through a support comprising two sections 9 and 10 hinged together at 11 the section 9 being hinged at 12 to the bottom 1 and the section 10 beinghinged at 13 to the display member 8 at a point above the top of the box. The hinge 11 is situated substantially in line with the top of the box so that the display i'ncl'nbcr 8 may be swung inwardly to overlie the contents of the box as illustrated in Fig. 3. Display member 8 also has a support 14 which is hinged to the lower edge of the display member at 15. This support is provided with a vertical slot 16 dividing the support 14 in two parts. The support section 9 lies on the outer faces of the end flaps 4' at one end of the box, while the support 1d lies on the inner faces of the same end flaps and through the notch 16 straddles the overlapping portions of the end flaps 4 adjacent the slits 5 and 6 or at the point of interlocking between said end flaps. I

V hen the display member is moved from position shown in Fig. 1 the joint or hinge 15 is distorted. This is due mainly to one part of the support 14 being thrown in front of the other part at its lower edge. as one part lies in front of one of the end flaps, whereas the play member, one of said other part lies in the rear of the same end flap at the slit- 16. By reason of this distortion any movement of the display member 8 forwardly is resisted, although this resistance may be overcome and the display member moved to overlie the contents of the box as illustrated in Fig. 3. Immediately, however, the display member is released from the slip cover which is used in connection with the box, the display member moves to display position and is held from swinging too far to the rear by the rear supports 9 and 10.

V hat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A display box comprising a box body, a display member, a support to which said display member is hinged, and means on the box body for producing a transverse bending of the hinge between the support and the display member at a point between the ends of the hinge to give said display-member a normal tendency to remain in display position.

2. A. display box comprising a box body, a display member, two supports for said dissupports embodying two co-hinged sections, one of which is hinged to the bottom of the receptacle and the other of which is hinged to the display member above the top of the receptacle, the common hinge being situated in line with the top of the receptacle, and the other of said supports being hinged to the bottom of the display member in line with the top of the receptacle and means on the box body for producing thetransverse bending of the hinge between the last named support and the display member adjacent the center thereof and to give tot-he display member a normal tendency to remain in display position.

3. A displayboxeomprisingabox body having two overlappinginterlocking end flaps, the ends of two flaps lying on the inner side of thebody, a display member, a support for the display member hinged to the lower end of the latter and provided with a slot straddling the overlappedportionofthe end flaps at their interlocking connection on the inner sides of the end flaps to cause a transverse bending;

of the hinge between the display member ant the support, and a second support for the display member embodying two sections. one hinged to the bottom of the box body and the other hinged to the-display member above the top of the body, the two sections of thelast named support having a common hinge at the upper edge of the box body permitting the display member to swing inwardly over the top of the box body.

JOHN P. SHEARERr 

